Multiple choice technology operating systems

You have purchased a dual processor quad-core server and you run the command "cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l " what will be the output:

  1. 2

  2. 16

  3. 8

  4. a and b are incorrect. C is correct.

  5. a or c. result depends on other configuration of the system.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

A dual-processor, quad-core server has 2 physical CPUs with 4 cores each, totaling 8 logical processors. The command counts the processor entries in /proc/cpuinfo, which will output 8. Therefore, option c (8) is correct, making the statement 'a and b are incorrect. C is correct' the right choice.

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